Sewing kit



J. F. KLATT v 1;794,776'

SEWING KIT March 3, 1931 Filed Ap 1929 40 I: amen M201; ze 29 JEKZLL ifI Patented Mar. 3, 1931" e f SEWING Kn Applicationfiled April9,i1929.Serial ,m- 353,731;

r This invention-relates to a sewinglkit and; pertains particularly to-akit 'designed for v carrying spools of thread, needles, pins, and athimble, and having means --associ ated,

therewith whereby theflthreading operation of aneedle maybe expedited. vY Y The primary object of the-,presentlinven tion is to provide a kit ofthe above de-,

scribed characterji-having means for supporting a; numberof spoolsandcontrolling the withdrawal, of: "the; j cotton therefrom so thatafter a desired amountof cottonvor thread has been removed theremainingportion will be held inan easily acoess1ble po-.

sition. d v Another object of the inventionis to provide, in I afsewing:kit, a spool holding'unit having ana improved thread guiding, meansassociated therewith.

A still further obj 80b; of is to provide'a sewingkit in which may bekept-all off'the articles necessaryfor sew ing operation and .whichiwill be of :compact design. 1 t

'The invention will be best understood e from a considerationof"ithe.'following detailed description taken in connection'with theaccompanying drawing forming apart of the present invention with theunder standing, however,-that the invention is not confined toany strictconformity withthe showing of the drawing but maybe changed or modifiedso long as such changes or mod ifications mark no vmaterial departurefrom i the salient features of the inventionyas expressed inthe appendedclaims, In the drawing I Figure 1 shows the kit "embodying the presentinvention; 1

- Figure 2 shows a central longitudinalsec tional view through thestructure shownfin Figure 1, the section being taken'substan tially uponthe line thereof; 2 V

- Figure 3 is a transverse 'sectional view;

Figure 4 is a'detailed v'iew'of'the thread holding unit showing the sameinside ele ova o Figure 5 is a detailed sectional viewo'f a portion ofthe thread holding unit, fshowing 1 through the apertures .9, ,asshow'n.

the method of guiding the thread through the wall thereof; e Figure disadetail view in side elevation ofa guide eye forone of the spools ofthread in the holding unit. 5 Referringtothe drawing in detail, whereinlike numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout ,theseveral views, the numeral 1 indicates the'bo'dy or casing ofthekitembodying the presentin ventiom the same, being transversely divided, asshown, to form the upper and low er sections 2 and 3. Thejupper'sectionjis providedwwith a bottom 4: and has 'threadably' secured thereon a cap5 upon the top of 65,

which is formed a hollow wallfstructure -,6 open at each end andpacked-with a soft materialsuch/as'cotton or hair, asv indicated ing atop wallthereof provided with a pair of apertures9 and having positionedtherein a sponge10,jportions of which are e zposed t theopposite side ofthe casing 8, a post 11 is mounted and formed transversely of this postin a line at right angles to the adjae cent face'of the wall, 6 isapassage 12,'the; outer end of which opens into a groove 13 formedtransversely of the post. Formed through the wall 6 in alinement withthe 5 passage 12 of the post-11, is an opening 14, The passage 12 isdesigned to receive a needle fora threading operatio nthe needle beinginserted from the outer 1 end of the passage and extended therethroughuntil the eye 9 thereof is positioned in the groove 13 when in thisposition the pointed end of theneedle will beextended' throughtheopening 14: in the wall face andjheld in the packing '7 thereof.Moisture may be obtained from the moistened sponge 10 with whichto'moisten the endxof athread so that the same may be pointedforassisting the threading operation.

' The top, of the post 11 is provided with a pair "of crossed notches orgrooves 15, the end we together by a hinge member and diametri callyopposite the hinge is placed a securing member comprising a hasp 21hingedly secured to the upper portion 2=ot the kit and slotted toreceivea rotatable button 22 carried upon the lower portion of the kit;

In the lower portion 3 of the kit there is placed a" cylinder 23 havinga bottom 24 and having extending upwardly centrallytherethrough from thebottom a post 25.

The bottom of the cylinder 23' rests upon a spring 26 carried within-thecap 27 which threadably engages over closes the lower end of the portion'3' of the kit, as shown. The upper end of thepost extends through anaperturein a' centering' bar 28 which extends transversely of the top ofthe kit por-; tion 3 in themanner shown in Figure 3;

As is shown in Figure 2the cylinder 23, has

' surroun'dingiit an outer wall 29-which is also carried upon the bottom24 andlbetween the outer wall 29 and the wall ofthe cylinder proper asuitable packing 30' is placed to receive needles stored in the kit.

"The post 25 is' designed'to extend through and hold in positioninthecylinder, one or two spools of thread, there being shown inconnecti'onwith this description two spools 31 and 32 separated by anelongated plate 33 which carries at one end a vertical pin 34terminatingatits lower end in an opened loop or eye 35. Thee-ye 35'is'designed to receive the thread from the lower spool 32 to guide thesam'efrom the spool at right angles to the body thereof and thisthreadpassed up over the cylinder and through an eye 36 formed at the upperend ofa vertical arm 37 carried; by and projecting upwardly from thewall of the cylinder in the manner shown.

In the upper portion of the cylinder adjacent the upper spool 31- a slot38 is formed and secured to the outer face of the cylinder wall adjacentthe slot 38 i's an arm39- which terminates in an open eye 40 at thelowerend of the slot, theslot' and eye being formed to receive thethread fromthe upper spool 31 to guide the same from the spool substantially atright angles to the longitudinal axis there'- of so that a smoothunwindingotthethread will "result. The thread taken from the upper spooland passed through the eye 40 is then extended wardly upon the outerside ofthe spool cylinder to an open eye llformed at the upper end of anupright arm 42 like and carried upon the upper ed e'of this cylinder inthe same manner as the arm 37 The arms 37 and 42 are in spaced parallelrelation and the eyes 36 and 41 are arranged in substantially the sameplane andare in a plane below the upper end of the spool carrying post25 as shown in Figures 2 and 4. When the spool carrying cylinder is inplace with the post 25* extending upwardly through the crossbar 28 andthe receptacle closed, the eyes 36- and tliwill be slightly below thetop edge of the portion 3 of the kit and this top edge is providedadjacent each eye with a transverse groove 43 through which the threadot' the: adjacent eye may be passed. When the thread carrying cylinderis in place the arms-37' and 4:2 are-positioned upon opposite sides ofthe bar 28-so'that the bar will act toprevent the turning ofthe cylinder23 and will also guide the cylinder'w'hen the latch connecting thekitportions is released and the kit opened and the spool carryingcyl-in-- der forced upwardly in the lower portion thereof by the spring26 j g It will be readily seerif'that when the kit is opened the spring26 will raise the spool carrying cylinder bringing'the"topthereot intosubstantially the same plane as the top edge of the enca'sin'g kitportion and exposingto view the needles positioned around the cylinderin the material 30. I

Upon-the outer-face of the lower portion of the cylinderwall adjacenteach of the grooves 453, there is'sec'urecl aresilientarm'ta whichextends over'the'adjacent groove 43 and is free from contact with thekit body at the end adjacent the l'atchingbutton' 22'. When the threadsare drawn from theholder they are slipped under these resilient arms andheld thereby untiltension is placed upon them to draw the-thread out ofthe cylinder as needed.

The under face ofthebottom 4 of the upper portion 2 of the kit iscentrally depressed as indicated at 4:5 to receive the upper end of thepost 25 when the portions 2 and 3 are brought into superposed relationso that the post will be properly centered and no binding; of the threadspool carrying cylinder'with the wall of t'he kitwill take place, as thecylinder is forced downwardly therein against the tension of the spring26'. a

From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that with a kitof; the character her-eindescri-bed all of the articles necessary for asewing operation maybe kept conven A iently at hand and in addition tothis the usual diificult operation of threading a needle 7 willbeeliminated by the use of the members 6 and 11.

The device is use by travelers wheresuch things are'frequently requiredand where articles taking up a minimum of space are desirable. Havingthus described my invention, what I claimis v 1. In a" sewing kit of thecharacter departicularly well adapted for h v signature.

scribed, a tubular casing formed in an upper and lower section, hingedmeansconnecting said sections, a removable cap closing the lower end ofthe lower section, a spool carrying cylinder designed to be positionedinthe lower section, a pin extending longitudinally through saidcylinder, a resilient element between said cylinder and said cap, saidupper section normally bearing down upon said pin and maintaining saidresilient elementunder tension, guide means for conducting a thread froma spool traversed by said pin to the exterior of the casing, and a guideelement for the upper portion of said pin.

2. In a sewing kit of the character described, a tubular casing formedin an upper and lower section,-'hinged means connecting said sections, aremovable cap closing the 7 lower end of the lower section, aspool'carryin g cylinder designed to be positioned in the lower section,a pin extending longitudinally through'said cylinder, a resilientelement between said cylinder and said cap, said upper section normallybearing down upon said pin and maintaining said resilient element undertension, guide means for conducting a thread from a spool traversed bysaid pin to the exte-. rior of the casing, a guide element for the upperportion of said pin and resilient means carried by and exteriorly of thelower portion of the casing for securing the outer end of a threadleading from the casing.

3. In a sewing kit of the character de-,

' scribed, a casing, a thread spool cylinder removably positioned in thecasing, a guide post within the cylinder for receiving spools,

guide arms mounted upon the upper edge of said cylinder each terminatingin a guide eye, means for leading a thread fromeach guide eye to theexterior of the casing, and means arranged laterally of said guide postfor guiding thread from spools thereon laterally from the body of thespool.

4. In asewing kit of the character de- I scribed, a casing, a threadspool cylinder removably positioned in the casing, a guide post withinthe cylinder for receiving spools,

guide arms mounted upon the upper edge of said cylinder each terminatingin a guide eye, spacing means designed to be interposed between a pairof spools traversed by said post and held in position by the post, aguide eye carried by said spacing means, and guide means carried by thewall of the cylinder for leading thread from the other of the spools ina line substantially at right angles to the body of the spool.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my JOSEPH F. KLATT.

